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The Signpost: 30 August 2018

• From the editor: Today's young adults don't know a world without Wikipedia
  

Keep straight on – there are trolls in the hedgerows.

• Interview: 2018 Wikimedian of the Year, Farkhad Fatkullin
  

"Imagine a world in which every single human being is a Wikimedian. That's my commitment!"

• News and notes: Flying high; low practice from Wikipedia 'cleansing' agency; where do our donations go? RfA sees a new trend
  

WMF pays possible Orangemoody ring for user research, and ditches MediaWiki for publishing its own blog. Knife-edge closures at RfA.

• In the media: Quicksilver AI writes articles
  

But unfortunately its output is incompatible with open licensing.

• Discussion report: Drafting an interface administrator policy
  

Plus: Simple English Wikipedia stays open, a discussion on draft header templates, bias blind spot by admins offered cash?

• Featured content: Featured content selected by the community
  

Astronauts named Armstrong, babes of the Brits, Cortinarius caperatus and all that.

• Special report: Wikimania 2018
  

"Bridging knowledge gaps, the ubuntu way forward".

• Traffic report: Aretha dies – getting just 2,000 short of 5 million hits
  

Very high and very low hits; love and loss.

• Technology report: Technical enhancements and a request to prioritize upcoming work
  

Citation bot and mapframe enhancements; new licenses for Data space; possible hiccup on 12 September; per-user page, namespace, and upload blocking; and miscellaneous new bots and tools.

• Gallery: Leapfrog, historic Thai cave, and a rhythmic beat
  

Some of the best pictures of 2017.

• Recent research: Wehrmacht on Wikipedia, neural networks writing biographies
  

Readers prefer the AI's version 40% of the time – but it still suffers from hallucinations.

• Humour: Signpost editor censors herself
  

Nothing funny about it.

• Essay: Principle of Some Astonishment
  

Remind you of any Wikipedia articles?

• From the archives: Playing with Wikipedia words
  

The Wikipedia Plays.

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Tech News: 2018-36

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• There is a new user right for users who can edit CSS and JavaScript for the entire wiki. Before this all admins could edit CSS and JavaScript. This was a security risk. This group is called interface administrators. Administrators can delete user CSS and JavaScript pages. [1][2]
• There will be an A/B test on the Wikipedia mobile website. It starts this week. It tests how we show templates that show information about an article. The test will last two weeks. [3][4]
• You can now use different CSS rules for different skins when you edit templates. This is because of TemplateStyles. [5]
• wp10 in ORES is now called articlequality. [6]
• When you get a new message on your talk page you get a yellow message in the toolbar. The preference to show or not show this has been removed. [7]

Problems

• UploadWizard had problems with campaigns. Users could not upload files. This has now been fixed. [8]
• You can get a notification when a link is made to a page you created. This has not worked since June. It was fixed last week. [9]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 4 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 5 September. It will be on all wikis from 6 September (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 5 September at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• The Wikimedia Foundation Readers department will work on advanced mobile editing. You can read more about this and other things they plan to work on over the next year. You can also see the presentation.
• The RelatedSites extension will be removed from Wikivoyage.
• Unused projects on the Wikimedia Cloud virtual private server will be removed. This will happen in October. Projects can be marked if they are being used. [10]

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16:47, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2018-37

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• When you added or edited a template with the visual editor the input boxes were very big. This has been fixed. The input boxes will now be smaller until you click on them. Then they will change size to fit the text. [11]

Problems

• Some diffs showed lines in the wrong order. This was fixed last week. [12]
• Marking a cross-wiki notification as read didn't work every time. The other wiki was not updated. This has now been fixed. [13]
• <maplink> did not work for a few days. This was because of a bug. This has now been fixed. [14]
• {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} is used by some templates. For a period edits saved with {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} would save the previous user's name and not your username. This is now fixed. Edits made before the bug was fixed will still be wrong and need to be corrected. [15]
• When you move a page the title still shows the old page name. The developers are working on fixing this. [16]

Changes later this week

• Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 12 September and 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour. You can read more about this.
• Because of the data centre test there will be no new version of MediaWiki this week. Changes for this week will come next week instead.

Meetings

• You can join the next meeting with the Editing team. During the meeting, you can tell developers which bugs you think are the most important. The meeting will be on 11 Septmber at 18:30 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 12 September at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• The developers work on making the wikis work better on mobile phones. There is a list of common problems when making content easier to read in the mobile view. You can add things to the page and ask others to help.

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22:35, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

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user : itsmenewmarx1818

Please delete all the changes by this username and this account. ||User | itsmenewmarx1818 | Helloeditsitsme 13:23, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Hello, I'm afraid I cannot delete the edits or the account. Your edits do not qualify for revision deletion and all edits must be assigned to some identifier so either a username or an IP address. If you're wishing to seek privacy, please read our guidelines on courtesy vanishing and the right to vanish.--5 albert square (talk) 15:33, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Tech News: 2018-38

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• The Wikimedia Commons mobile app has a new version. Images uploaded using Nearby are now automatically added to the associated Wikidata item. You can browse other images on Commons. You can see your achievements and your upload statistics. It has also fixed some bugs. [17]
• MediaWiki web requests now have a time limit of 60 seconds for GET requests and 200 seconds for POST requests. [18]

Problems

• You could not see the menu on the notifications page on the mobile version. This has now been fixed. [19]

Changes later this week

• Special:AncientPages can hide disambiguation pages. [20]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 18 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 19 September. It will be on all wikis from 20 September (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 19 September at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• The developers are testing new mobile web navigation. You can use it and give feedback.

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21:57, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2018-39

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes later this week

• The preferences form will change to use the standard look. If you see any problems please report them on Phabricator. [21]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 25 September. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 26 September. It will be on all wikis from 27 September (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 26 September at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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15:22, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 1 October 2018

• From the editor: Is this the new normal?
  

We keep on publishing as long as you keep on reading.

• News and notes: European copyright law moves forward
  

Wikipedia dodges a bullet in Brussels... maybe.

• In the media: Knowledge under fire
  

Can Wikipedians help save the world's knowledge and shine a light on current events?

• Discussion report: Interface Admin policy proposal, part 2
  

Plus: signatures, shortcuts, and reliable sources.

• Arbitration report: A quiet month for Arbcom
  

No valid new requests for arbitration, no new cases.

• Traffic report: John McCain's death generates over 7 million hits, followed by historical low
  

Fourth highest view count of the year; lowest view count since 2014; death, sports, and movies ever constant.

• Technology report: Paying attention to your mobile
  

Plus the latest scripts, bots, and tech news.

• Gallery: A pat on the back
  

A pictorial ode to the end of summer.

• Blog: After a catastrophic fire at the National Museum of Brazil, a drive to preserve what knowledge remains
  

As the global community of volunteer Wikimedia editors mourns the destruction of this amazing museum, this post pays tribute to all editors who have contributed restlessly to tell the story of the National Museum, our history.

• Recent research: How talk page use has changed since 2005; censorship shocks lead to centralization; is vandalism caused by workplace boredom?
  

And other recent research papers.

• Humour: Signpost Crossword Puzzle
  

What is a four-letter word for...

• Essay: Expressing thanks
  

You know you should...

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Tech News: 2018-40

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• Ordinary pages can no longer be loaded as javascript. You could do this using ?action=raw&ctype=text/javascript in the URL. Only fully protected pages in the MediaWiki: namespace or user javascript subpages can be loaded as javascript now. This is for better security. [22][23]

Problems

• New and updated translations from translatewiki.net will not reach the wikis for a while. You can still translate messages on translatewiki.net. The Wikimedia wikis will be updated with the new translations later. This is because of work on the translation system. [24][25]

Changes later this week

• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 2 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 3 October. It will be on all wikis from 4 October (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 3 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.
• You can join the meeting with the Wikimedia Foundation Search Platform team. The meeting will be on 3 October at 15:00 UTC. See how to join if you want to know how the search function works or have questions.

Future changes

• Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour. You can read more about this.

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17:34, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

Invitation to provide consultancy

Hi 5 albert square,

I'm inviting admins to join our team at parli.co providing advice on how to build and manage a collaborative website. Parli.co is an emerging project aiming at building a sort of Wikipedia of arguments around controversial topics (more info here). Part of our budget will be destined to such consultancy work, and we think we could benefit from the experience of Wikipedia janitors and admins. Feel free to message me back with interest and questions. --isacdaavid 21:37, 1 October 2018 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2018-41

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• The Education Program extension was removed from all Wikimedia projects. You can use the Programs and Events Dashboard or the Fountain instead. [26]

Problems

• There was a problem when you copied and pasted from a table with the visual editor. It could add href where it shouldn't be. This has now been fixed. [27]

Changes later this week

• Because of a data centre test you will be able to read but not edit the wikis for up to an hour on 10 October. This will start at 14:00 (UTC). You might lose edits if you try to save during this time. The time when you can't edit might be shorter than an hour. You can read more about this.
• Because of the data centre test there will be no new version of MediaWiki this week. Changes for this week will come next week instead.

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 10 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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23:38, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

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Tech News: 2018-42

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems

• Some pages, edits and users disappeared for a short while after the server switch. Missing content and users was fixed within a day. Some preferences and other things might take a few more days to fix. [28]
• Wikis are updated with new and updated translations from translatewiki.net again. This will happen once a week. The developers are working on fixing the problem so we can have translation updates more often again. [29]

Changes later this week

• When you create an abuse filter that prevents edits you can now write a specific error message for it. Before this all abuse filters that prevented edits had the same error message. [30]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 16 October. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 17 October. It will be on all wikis from 18 October (calendar).

Meetings

• There will be no more meetings with the Editing team. This is because not enough Wikimedians were interested. To tell developers which bugs you think are the most important you can use Phabricator as normal. [31]
• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 17 October at 15:00 (UTC). See how to join.

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22:40, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

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